Today, Sunday, July 21, 1984, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a column, "Washington Notebook" by Cox News Service, that discusses how the Federal Election Commission got Richard Grayson to disband many of his political action committees.
The way Richard Grayson sees it, the federal government just can't take a joke.
Over the past several years, the 32-year-old unemployed writer from Davie, Fla., has registered several dozen political action committees with the Federal Election Commission in an obvious spoof of modernday campaign financing. Among his more memorable creations: the "Antarctica Freeze Committee," the "Right to be the Life of the Party" and "Mobsters for Mondale."
But the folks at the FEC weren't amused, and early this year "they began sending me notices saying all these committees of mine would have to be audited and then they started sending me 20-page reports to be filled out," he says. "After they telephoned me for about the fifth time, I got the message."
The FEC didn't tell him to stop, Grayson says, but they hinted very strongly. "'They suggested that I could withdraw all of the committees and save myself a lot of trouble," he explains. "I could see I was in for hours and hours of paperwork, SO I took the easy way out and agreed."
The FEC may be rid of Grayson for this election year, but probably not forever. "I've already registered with them for 1988," he says. "I'm calling it the Richard Grayson for President Committee."
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